Hello there!

[gimmighoulcoins]

Name: Rascal
Pronouns: He/Him
Age Group: I'm in my early 30s - please only add me if you're 20 or older!
Country: USA
Subscription/Access Policy: Very general fandom posts are public, whereas things that are access only are probably more along the lines of "mini-essay pondering a bigger subject through the lens of fandom" or a fanwork idea I'm not quite sure about yet, but what to share to a degree.
What I chat about: Fandom and hobbies are probably what I'll most frequently chat about, but I also love getting analytical and waxing philosophical about life - often through looking at fandom things. I find it fun, and my shared reflections tend to be more neutral-to-positive. When it comes to fandom specifics, I love writing fanfic and AUs, and exploring ideas for those, and a character deep-dive is one of my favorite things! I also just like sharing the enthusiasm I have for my favorite things, fandom or otherwise.
I'm looking to connect with people who: Want to talk and share their enthusiasm, too! I'm a chatterbox who really wants to extend his fannish social circle - I'm a househusband who sometimes ends up with a lot of free time and I'd love to spend more of it engaging in fun talk! I'm also looking to connect with people who are open-minded and accepting, and not interested in anti culture or other fandom discourse.

Main Fandoms: Pokemon has been my forever fandom, ever since Pokemania hit the States. I kind of fell off in the GBA/early DS era (Emerald and Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, specifically) but got back into it in a big way since and have never left. I'm mainly into the games, but I have a lot of fondness for the early seasons of the anime, and I've really been enjoying the new Pokemon Horizons series? I'm really behind on it, though. My other main fandoms are Disney Duck canons - a lot of 'em, but I'm especially fond of the 2017 DuckTales reboot, Darkwing Duck, and the various comics - and Fraggle Rock, which I discovered well after its time but I love - and now it has a reboot, too, and I also love that!

Other Fandoms: Delicious in Dungeon, In Stars and Time, Steven Universe, Dimension 20's Fantasy High, The Muppets, Sonic the Hedgehog (games, the movies, and the IDW comics - though I'm super behind on the comics), Zeddy Zi's Ramshackle, Lilo & Stitch, Tangled, Ratatouille, and a lot of other animated movies... Oh! And Phineas and Ferb is back and ngl, I'm kinda losing my mind over that. Such a fun show, I love its themes of creativity
What I create for Fandom: Fanfic! And occasionally icons, but mostly fic. I've really been getting back into it lately.
Other Hobbies: Reading, bracelet weaving, Dungeons & Dragons... I'm starting to get into art and I'm trying to get into cooking as more a hobby than housework. I also love collecting! Currently, I collect bookmarks and merch of Meowth from Pokemon.

Comments

[jacieleigh]

Meh. My parents bought me a yogurt maker when I was a kid. It was basically four square glass bowls with lids that sat on a heated flat surface for hours, then had to cool (didn't they know kids don't have that kind of patience?). And pretty much, you just started with plain yogurt and added in whatever. I'm guessing we used blueberry pie filling. I was pretty much confused why it was any different than simply stirring the blueberry filling directly into yogurt and eating it right away. Why did we have to wait for hours for it to heat up only to cool it again? Needless to say, it was used once. No clue what happened to it after that. They also bought me a taffy puller. It broke the first time we used it. So yeah, don't think I'm going to bother trying out that yogurt setting!

OMG, there is nothing so wonderful as freshly baked bread! I always have a slice with butter as soon as it's cool enough to eat. And sometimes a couple of slices. It's still good after that, but without preservatives, you do need to eat it in a couple of days, or it just gets rock hard. In that case, I do sometimes cut it up and use it instead of crackers in soup. Or I toss it to the birds.

The loaves are always the same width and length, but you can add more ingredients and they'll be taller. Mine has three size settings and three color settings (light, medium, or dark). I think the brown bread is healthy, and it's nice for sandwiches. The crusty white bread is better for soups or toast. I use it for avocado toast... or bread.

[gimmighoulcoins]

Oh, huh. I was thinking more actual... y'know, making yogurt, which sounded a lot more impressive! But yeah, that definitely underwhelms!

Using some of the bread as soup crackers is a fun idea!

[jacieleigh]

I've never looked for any directions for making yogurt with the bread machine, so maybe it's a different recipe, where it actually is making yogurt. I'm not sure I'm interested enough to find out... LOL. Perhaps one day.

Yeah, I like dunking the bread even when it's fresh, but it also works for the 'croutons' as long as you don't cut them too big, and give them time to soak.

I love Southwest flavors, so whenever I get tortilla chips, I have the bits at the bottom of the bag and use those in soup in lieu of crackers. I rarely have saltines in the house, but IMHO, using the tortilla chips tastes so much better in those soups with the Southwestern flavors. I make a spicy bean soup from scratch.

[gimmighoulcoins]

Ohh, spicy bean soup with tortilla chips sounds delicious - I make a sort of simplified chili with imitation ground beef, and tortilla chips are great in that, too.

[jacieleigh]

I use vegetarian meat crumbles in my chili, too!